Watchcase-bow.



N0. 860,047. PATENTED JULY 16, 1907. A. MILNE.

WATGHGASB BOW. APPLICATION FILED JULY s, 100s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER MILNE, OF NEWARK, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEWARK WATCH CASEMATERIAL COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WATCHCASE-BOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed July 3,1905. Serial No. 268,043.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MILNE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements inWatehease-Bows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in watch case bows, and moreparticularly to that kind or style usually employed with the smallersize or chatelaine watch. This style of watch, usually carried byladies, is secured or attached to the clothing by means of an ornamentalpin or brooch, and as the watch is usually hung with the open facetoward the clothing, it is somewhat inconvenient to turn it, in order tosee the lace thereof. To overcome this difficulty, the oval part of thependant has been constructed to rotate, but such construction of pendantis expensive and materially increases the cost of the watch. 7

The object of my invention is to provide a how so constructed andarranged that the watch may be easily turned, which shall be neat inappearance and inex pensive to manufacture, and which may be easily andreadily substituted in the place of those attached to watches already inuse.

With these and other ends in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of thedetached auxiliary bow. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the bow proper.Fig. 3 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation before beingfinally assembled. Fig. 4 is a similar View of the how proper andauxiliary bow secured together. Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of thesame, showing in dotted lines the position of the bow proper when turnedwith relation to the auxiliary bow.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that my 4-0 improved bowconsists of two parts, namely, a bow proper and an auxiliary bow, thelatter consistingof the how 6, preferably formed in the arc of a circle,the ends of which terminate in the hemisphere 7, from the lower flatside 8 of which projects the pin 9. The central portion of the bowproper 10, is also provided with ie the hemispherical part 11, the upperflat side 12 of which, when the parts are prope ly assembled, litsagainst the flat side 8 of the hemispherical portion 7, the two partsforming a sphere and lending to the device a neat and finishedappearance.

Through the hemispherical portion 11 formed on the bow proper, extendsan opening, in size adapted to contain the pin 9, the lower portion 13of said opening being slightly countersunk, as clearly shown in Figs. 3and -il, adapted to contain the end of the pin 5) 5 when upset, as shownat 1 1', Fig. 4, when the parts are secured together.

When the bow is thus constructed and arranged, it will be understoodthat although the auxiliary bow may be held stationary, as when pinnedto a garment, (30 the bow proper 10, which has its free ends engagingwith a pendant, (not shown), in the ordinary manner, may, with theattached watch, be easily and readily turned, said bow proper rotatingon the pin 9, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. It will also beunderstood from the foregoing, that the device is exceedingly simple andcheap to manufacture, and can be easily and readily substituted for thebows already in use, and this without in any way changing or alteringthe pendant of the watch. 7 0

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A watch case how comprising a. bow proper, the con tral portion of whichis hemispherical in shape, and an auxiliary bow having a hemisphericalportion formed thereon, the flat sides of said hemis merical portionsllt ting against each other to form a sphere, an opening formed in thehemispherical portion of the bow proper and having its lower portioncountersunk, an integral pin depending from the hemispherical portionof: the auxiliary how, said pin extending through said opening andhaving its extreme end upset and contained within said counter sunkportion, whereby the two parts are rotatnbly secured together,substantially as described.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, this28th day of .Tune, A. D. 1905.

ALEXANDER MILNE.

Witnesses HuNnY G. IILetI, 1 1. M. \VARD.

